Tagged: Parenting

Plenty of older adults talk about the good old days when kids ran free, sometimes ranging through their neighborhoods or towns without their parents even knowing where they were. The trend reversed in recent times with the rise of Helicopter parents hovering over their child's every move and limiting their independence. Lenore Skenazy rejected that trend and she made headlines when she allowed her 9 year old son to ride a NYC subway alone. She forged the popularity into a bully pulpit to advance the idea of "free range kids." Her reality show, The World's Worst Mom, irony intended, explores modern parenting. We will too when Charlotte Talks.

Parenthood is confusing as it is but many men are surprised at what a difficult transition it can be from the sports watching, beer drinking, freewheeling days of bachelorhood to 3 a.m. feedings, diaper changing and how in the world to handle a baby with colic. While many little girls play with dolls and young women dream of raising a family, men often don't think about kids until they have them. Barry Ozer and Richard Jones found themselves as a couple of dudes with kids but no instruction manual. So, through trial and error, love and laughs, they wrote one called A Dude's Guide to Babies. They chronicle the travails of fatherhood and they've already started work on books about kids of all ages. We'll meet them when Charlotte Talks.

It’s no secret that something changes when kids enter Middle School. Developmentally, emotionally and socially, middle school is where some kids really struggle, and the changes in their bodies and socially can affect their grades, their relationships with friends and with their parents. We’ll be joined by a panel of experts who have been helping middle schoolers -  and their parents - navigate the waters of middle school, and hear from you, too, when Charlotte Talks.

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